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PATENT CLAYTON F. XVIECT AND JACOB L. WVIEST, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOX-TUBE MACHINE.

fiPECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681 ,602, dated August 27, 1901. Application filed March 27,1901. Serial No. 53,084. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CLAYTON F. mast and JACOB L. 'WIEST, citizens of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BOX- Tube Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to a machine for making the tray-inclosing cover or shell of match-boxes, and is, generally speaking, a tube-machine, being of that class which transforms a web of strawboard or other suitable material into the form of a continuous tube having the joint or seam thereof glued or pasted and having suitable score-lines to form or facilitate the formation of the angular corners of the complete shell, which tube is by the machine cut into the length required for each individual shell, shnck, or cover desired.

The invention consists in certain improve ments in several details and combinations of details hereinafter described, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the principal elements of the machine arranged in successive cooperative relation, the distance between such elements varying from the actual distance in practice forconvenience of illustration, such variation being indicated by broken lines. Figs. 2, 3, and a are cross-sections of the material as formed by the machine at different locations thereof. Fig. 5 is a perspective of the material as it appears at respectively similar locations in the machine to that illustrated by the sections shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 5. Fig. 6 is a central vertical section of the gluing or pasting, feeding, and moistening devices at the receiving end of the machine. Fig. 7 is a perspective of the scoring-roll shown in elevation and section in Fig. 6. Fig. Sis a central sectional detail of a portion of the liquid-applying disk. Fig. 9 is a plan of the elements shown in Fig. 6. Fig.

10 is a plan of the vertical feed-rollers and their driving-gear located at about the center of the machine. Fig. 11 is a perspective of tube-guiding mechanism employed. Fig. 12 is a section on the line 12 12 of Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is a plan of the inking and printing mechanism. Fig. 14 is a central vertical section of Fig. 13. Fig. 15 is a vertical section of the stereotype printing-roll. Fig. 16 is a plan of the delivery end of the machine with parts removed. Fig. 17 is a perspective of the first folder. Fig. 18 is a perspective of the lapfolding finger, showing one side thereof. Fig. 19 is a perspective showing the opposite side of the lap-folding finger. Figs. 20 and 21 are perspectives of vertical guides. Fig. 22 is a perspective of the driving mechanism for the ink-roll. Fig. 23 is a perspective of .the mechanism for reciprocating an ink-distributing roller, and Fig. 21 is a rear elevation of the former shown in Fig. 18. Fig. 24: is a transverse vertical section on the line 24 24c of Fig. 16.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures of the drawlngs.

The work intended to be performed by the machine embodying the invention consists in taking strawboard or other suitable material from a continuous web, applying a line of paste or glue along and near one edge upon the upper side of the web, scoring said web upon suitable longitudinal lines, which occur at the corners of the shuck or shell or the completed article, elevating the side edges of the web into V form, compressing the elevated sides togetheigwith one edge projecting above the other to form an overlapping joint, folding the projecting lap over and against the opposite edge of the web and upon its outside, and passing the web in this condition between vertical feeding-rollers, so as to compress the same thus formed and also to feed the material forward through the machine, passing the tube thus formed into a guide which holds the tube in a horizontal planethat is, at a right angle to the position at which it is held by the vertical feedrollersthe distance between said feed-rollers and guide being ample to permit the necessary torsion or twisting of the tube and to transfer the flattening of the tube from a line passing through one pair of scored lines to an0therthat is, from an upper to an opposite lower side edge of the complete shell to a diametrically opposite pair of scored lines or corners of the shell. From the guide thus described, which may be termed the turnguide, the material is fed through printing, transversely-severing, gluing, and sand-applying devices, and from thence out of the machine in a completed form.

Within and upon any suitable framework the various operative elements of the machine are mounted, as also are the various bearings and shafts for the necessary gearing and power-conveying connections for giving these elements their required movement and direction of movement. Any desired gearing and connections may be employed, but that shown and hereinafter described is preferred, as being simple, economical, and sufliciently accurate to secure a desired quality in the product of the machine and a desired rapidity of production.

At A is a main driving-shaft of the machine, provided, as usual, with fast and loose pulleys A and A This shaft extends transversely of the machine and bears a pinion A which drives a miter-gear on a shaft A, parallel with the main shaft, which miter meshes with a pinion A, that drives the vertical shaft A Figs. 1 and 10, carrying one of the vertical feed-rollers A and giving motion by the gear A to the companion roller, which is driven by the companion gear A Fig. 10. A sprocket-chain A conveys rotative power to the scoring-rolls, and a sprocketchain A conveys similar power to the lower one of the feeding-rolls leading to the printing mechanism of the machine. Near the chain A is a chain A which extends to and gives motion to the printing-roll proper, while from the upper one of the feed-rolls K and upon the opposite side of the machine (see Fig. 13) sprocket-and-chain gearing A and gears A one of which gears is mounted on shaft A give motion to the final feed-rollers A, while from the opposite end of shaft A sp'rocket-and-chain gearing A gives motion to the sand-applying device A on shaft A Thus far the principal power-connecting devices have been described; but, as before indicated, various modifications may be made in this portion of the machine without a de parture from the invention.

X represents the material, which is in the usual form of a roll or continuous strip or web and supported upon a suitable bracket, as shown in Fig. 1. In the transformation of this web into a shuck or shell there are formed upon it first a line of paste or glue by means of the disk B, running in a vat B, the edge of which disk is the paste or glue holding and applying part. One side 13 of the disk is cone-shaped or convex, while the op posite side is fiat and adjacent to the edge of the material to be pasted. The purpose of this peculiar formation of the side of the disk is that a quantity of glue or paste shall be received thereby as the disk passes through the glue or paste and is immersed therein, so that when the periphery of the disk comes in contact with the strawboard X a backflow is retarded by the inclined face of the disk and accelerated by the fiat side of the disk, and a proper depth of glue or paste is deposited and the edges of the line of paste or glue are clearly defined close to the edge of and when in contact with the material. It will be noted that the glue or paste naturally falls or flows by gravity downward away from the material at the point and time that it is being applied to the material, because the disk B is practically below the point of application. (See Fig. 6.) As the applying part of the disk ro tates upwardly toward the material paste or glue on its flat vertical side falls more rapidly than on its convex side, and practically the contacting edge alone carries paste to the material, and, furthermore, by reason of pressure a slight film is applied equal in width to that of the edge of the disk. Now as the convex side retards the fall of the paste or glue there is more applied at the inner edge of the strip or film than is applied by the edge of the disk. This produces so little paste near the edge of the material that none will be expressed beyond the'edges when joined by being pressed together, and hence the paste-line can be run extremely close to the edge of the material, while the larger quantity of glue or paste at the inner edge is, when the seam is closed by pressing the parts together, more readily directed over the thin film applied bythe edge than on the adjacent un'pasted or unglued surface of the material. In this manner the strip or line of paste or glue is not only applicable close to the edge of the material, but is also itself confined to a narrow line which is ample to hold the parts firmly after it is once firmly set or dried. By this means a comparatively narrow lap-seam may be formed, and thus a large percentage of loss or waste in the material may be avoided.

In machines of this character where scams or joints are to be formed of paper or equivalent material accuracy in feeding the material in a straight line, coupled with accuracy in folding the material upon itself to form the joint and accuracy in the application of the adhesive material at the joint, and this upon a restricted area as to width of line of paste .or glue, all tend to an important saving in the cost of manufacture resulting from the possibility of forming a firm joint with a short lap of the material. Hence the proportionate importance of the particular form of paste or glue applying device above described.

After being pasted upon a side which becomes the upper side of the web in the order of the progress of the material in the machine longitudinal score-lines X are formed by the scoring'rolls O and C; These perform their operation after the web has left the im pression and guide roller B upon which are adj ustably secured collars B for maintaining the web in a desired position laterally as it passes into the scoring device. Adjustable bearings 13 support the paste or glue disk B, so that it maybe placed at different points with relation to the edge of the web, set-nuts 13 serving to maintain the disk in an ad justed position.

A tension-brake D is provided to bear upon the web when it is upon the roll B This tension device consists of a pad D, faced with leather or other suitable material D which pad is mounted upon a resilient bracket D secured in any suitable manner to the frame of the machine.

The scoringrollers O and O are mounted upon the shafts C and G the bearings C of the upper shaft being adjustable vertically by means of a bolt 0 and a spring 0 interposed between these and the bearings of the lower shaft 0 By this means the depth of the score may be determined. The upper scorers comprise a collar and a peripheral rib 0 while the lower rollers comprise a disk 0, having a groove 0 in which the rib of the upper collar or roll fits, so as to produce a rib-like score-line in the material at such points as constitute the corners of the complete shuck or shell. By means of adjustingbolts C the upper and lower scoring elements may be adjusted along their respective shafts so as to produce score-lines at desired points transversely of the web.

In advance of the scoring devices and resting upon the bed of the machine is a watertrough E, within which rotate moisteningdisks E, adjustably secured upon a shaft E mounted in any suitable manner, if desired, upon or within the trough. A peripheral groove E is formed upon each of the disks E for the purpose of receiving the ribs formed by the scorers and for receiving and carrying up to said ribs sufficient water to so moisten said ribs or scored lines as to facilitate the folding of the material therealong, and this without breaking or cracking the material. The moistening-disks are adjustable upon their shaft by means of adjusting-bolts E so that they shall conform to the adjustment of the scorers. The peripheral groove E of the moistening-disk E is of the same width at its mouth as are the ribs formed in the material by the scoring-rollers O C. It therefore follows that the moisture applied will be confined to the ribs, whereby the adjacent material being not dampened remains stiff, and thus tends to produce an accurate line of fold when the material reaches the tube-forming devices. To further insure this result, the groove may be, as shown, undercut, so as to contain and bring up to the ribs a greater quantity of water than would be the case were the groove onlylarge enough to receive the rib. In either case the walls of the groove at its mouth or at the periphery of the disk are true, even, and sharply defined, so that the moistening function is sharply defined in its extent laterally upon the material.

After leaving the moistening devices the material is conducted to the primary folder n cpl of the machine. This is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 17, and frame F, which is practically of V form, has a bridge F formed or secured at its top, and from the center of the bridge there is secured, so as to be vertically adjustable, a finger F, the adjusting-bolt F of which passes through a slot F formed in the shank of the finger. The tip of the finger is inclined, as at F so that its forward edge in the line of the progress of the material through the machine is slightly lower and thinner than its rear edge F. By this construction the material is gradually brought to a folded condition, so that it is not broken or abraded by the resistance of the finger to its progress through the machine. Upon the side arms of the frame F there are guiding-gages F slotted, as at F, for the reception of adjustingbolts F and provided with inwardly-projecting fingers F which bear upon and even the edges of the web. One of the gages F may be set lower down upon the frame, so as to determine the position of that edge of the ma terial over which the opposite and higher edge in the frame F is folded to form the lap of the joint in the tube. The purpose of the frame F and its finger and guides is to force the material gently into the form, and the distance from the scoring and moistening devices to the V form is such that the material will readily submit to such an operation without undue stress or strain upon the same. For the same reason a suitable distance intervenes between said V form and the vertical guides G, Figs. 1 and 21. This vertical guide has for its purpose to bring into close parallelism the sides of the material, which have been put into\/ form by the frame F and its adjuncts. It is proper to state at this point that the finger F of the frame F contacts with the web along the score-line near and at the right of the center of the web, being the corner X of Fig. 3. The vertical guides and compressors G comprise a pair of fiat boards or plates of any desired material placed closely together,so as to permit the passage of a double ply of the material. These may be either permanently or ad justably secured to the bed of the machine in any manner well known to mechanics skilled in machine construction. Their effect upon the material is to bring the plies of the web closely together throughout their adjacent surfaces, Fig. 3 being exaggerated as to the space between the plies for the purpose of clearuess of illustration. As the material passes through the guides G it is conducted or drawn by the vertical feed-rollers Aibetween which and the guides G is the lap-folding mechanism employed. This comprises a vertical plate or standard If, slotted, as at H, for the adjustable mounting of a lap-folding finger H by means of bolts H This linger comprises a bar tapered from front to rear in the line of feed of the material, its rear end being rounded, and upon its side is formed with an overhanging projection H", pointed, as at H and having its under surface curved, as at H. A board or plate H Fig. 20, having its upper edge rounded, as at H is arranged in the grooved undercut portion H of the finger, so that it is closely fitted by said undercut portion at the point where the material leaves the folding-finger. (See Fig. 25.) The result of these details of construction is that as the upwardly-projecting higher edge of the material or web passes from the vertical compressingguides G it is met and acted upon by the rounded end 11 and the undercut projection H of the finger H so as. to gradually and gently as the web proceeds turn said projecting edge over and down upon the plate or board H and as the web proceeds toward the feed-roller A which is at a suitable distance from the folding-finger to permit of this operation without injuring the web, so that said overfolding projecting edge is brought against the outer surface of the opposite edge of the web and having glue or paste upon its now inner surface, the parts are pressed together by the feed-rolls A and thus the tube is completed and compressed together along a line passing through what afterward become opposite upper and lower corners of the'shuck or shell. From the feedrollers A to the turning-guide I there is a distance ample to permit of twisting the tube from a vertical to a horizontal position, and in its initial introduction into the guide I by hand the line of folding or the edges of the tube are transferred from one pair or opposite upper and lower corners to the other pair thereof, whence the edges of the tube pass through the guide I on the fold-lines X of Fig. 4: rather than the fold-lines X of Fig. 3. The purpose of the transference of the edges of the tube in the manner just described is to so manipulate the tube along its scored lines that when a shuck or shell is severed therefrom it will be more apt to automatically assume the form of a parallelogram than if it were passed through the machine in the condition in which it is first formed in the tube.

Various forms of turning-guides may be employed; but the preferred form is that herein shown, andit comprisesapair of plates 1, said pair having a spacing-plate 1 of about twice the thickness of the web. Slots 1 permit of a lateral adjustment of the guide. Each of the plates I may be of a width slightly greater than that of the tube which it receives, as shown in Fig. 12, or the guide maybe formed of a pair, each guide adapted to fit the edges and to reach to or near to the center of the tube passing therefrom. In either case by means of adjusting-nuts I the guides may be varied in position transversely of the machine to adapt it to direct the advancingtube alonga desiredline. A bracket or other suitable device 1 serves to support the guide above the bed of the machine and in a desired horizontal plane. In connection with the guide I and upon either edge of the tube there may be mounted a grooved roller J on a vertical spindle J, adjustably held in a bracket-bar J 2 by means of a bolt J which bar is itself adj ustably mounted in a bracket J by means of an adjusting -bolt J said bracket being secured to the bed of the machine in any suitable manner, whereby the said roller J may be adjusted to receive a direct edge of the tube into the turning-guide I, and the various adjustments of the sup- .ports of the roller permit of locating it transversely and vertically with relation to the centralline of the machine. Such a roller as J may be employed at opposite edges of the tube at a suitable point therein in advance of the point thereof which is under the control of the turningguide. As the tube leaves the turning-guide it is received and drawn by horizontal feeding -rollers K, which are driven by the sprocket-gearing A and suitable connecting-gears, as shown.

From the feed-rollers K the tube passes between a printing-roll L and its companion impression roller L. The printing roller comprises a shaft L ,upon which are mounted roller-sections L ,each of which has a reduced periphery L with an undercut end wall L whereby a stereotype-plate L having a beveled edge or end L adapted to fit the undercut will L of the roller-sections, may be firmly mounted and secured to said sections by moving one or both thereof upon the shaft L inserting the stereotype-plate L ,and then bringing the sections to bear upon the edges or ends of the plate and securing said rollersections by means of the bolts or nuts L In this manner stereotype-plates constituting a complete or an incomplete cylindrical printing-surface may be secured in position for use in the machine.

The inking device of this invention comprises an ink-fountain M, the bottom of which consists of a resilient plate M',of steel or other suitable material, which by means of one or more adjustingbolts M can be pressed against primary inking-roller M along a line below its axis. Suitable bearings and shafts are provided for all of the inking-rollers employed, and a reference to Fig. 14 will show the general arrangement of the rollers,which will now be described. The roller M transfers a quantity of ink from the fountain M, which quantity is determined by the adj ustment of the bottom M against the roll M to a secondary roll M from which the ink is taken by the rollers M M and M to a distributing-roller M which is of a composition usually employed in printing-presses and is known as the composition roller.

The inking-roller-driving gear comprises a pawl-and-ratchet mechanism connected with and driving the primary inking-roller M ,ahd running in the tank of N preventing the rising of the pawl beyond a point sufficient to allow it to travel backwardly over the teeth of the ratchet, is provided, and a weight N counterbalances the connections at the opposite end of the pawlarm. These consist of apendulous or hanging connecting-rod N, to which is adjustably secured an angular bracket N by means of a bolt N and slot N the latter formed in the rod N. Projecting from the feed-roller K is a tappet N which at each revolution of the feed-roller contacts with the bracket N so as to depress it and with it the connectingrod N and the pawl-arm N, whereby the pawl N is caused to act upon the ratchet N or to rotate or move the primary inkingroller a distance peripherally in accordance with the number of teeth that the pawl passes over in its backward movement. This movement of the pawl can be regulated by an adjustment of the bracket N so thatit shall be reached by and lifted by the tappet N on the feed-roller sooner or later. This tappet may be of any desired form, but as shown it comprises an antifriotion roller mounted upon a pin N and secured against removal by a screw or bolt N For the purpose of more uniformly distributing the ink the roller M is given a longitudinal reciprocation while it is rotated. For this purpose there is mounted upon its shaft M a grooved collar 0, which is adapted to embrace a cam O, mounted upon a parallel shaft 0 which is driven by a gear 0 meshing with a companion 0 which companion receives its movement from the shaft of roller M After leaving the printing-rollers the tube passes between the rollers P and P, the latter having a series of transverse severingblades P. A transverse shaft P carries a gear P Figs. 1 and 13, which meshes with a gear P mounted on the shaft of the printing-roller, which is driven by the chain-andsprocket gearing A and alsowi-tha gear P on the cutting-roller shaft," while this gear and the gear P on the"printing-roller shaft drive companionrg'ears on the compression- 1'01le1' and C tter-bed roller-shafts, respectively. From the cutting-roller the severed S l c 0 Shell is drawn by feed-rollers A to which otion is given by the train hereinbefore described and forces those ahead of it H I gjand beneath edge guides Q, and in its P ge each of the severed shucks or shells passes beneath a pressure-roller R and over and in contact with a glued or paste-applying roller R, running in a vat R and over a sandi' j/owing wheel S, having cups or veins S, sand-receptacle qj S whereby each shuck is provided with a coating of sand upon which to ignite matches.

For convenience in controlling the operation of the machine, so far as the starting and stopping the same is concerned, there is provided a rod T, extending lengthwise of the machine and having a handle T. This rod is suitably mounted in bearings, so that by means of the handle the rod can be partially rotated and oscillated,a belt-shifter T ,mounted on a rod and extending over the fast and loose pulleysA and A so that the pulleys may be controlled.

It is apparent that by means of a vertical adjustable folding-finger in connection with the vertical gages and finger of the V-frame tubes of various transverse dimensions may be formed upon one and the same machine and that such tubes thus varying in Width may be conducted through the machine and operated upon to form complete shucks. So, also, by the construction and adjustments hereinbefore described webs of differing widths may be properly scored longitudinally and may have applied thereto a line of paste or glue at a desired distance from the edge thereof. By this means a single machine may readily be adapted to make shucks of different sizes, while by the substitution of rotary transverse severing devices of different circumference or by the substitution of any wellknown reciprocating transverse severing mechanism which may, if desired, be adopted in lieu of the rotary severing mechanism here in shown shucks or shells of varying length may be cut from the continuous tube previously formed by the machine. Taking this view of such matters and of other details of construction, proportion, and arrangement, there may be by the use of mere mechanical skill varied alterations from those matters as herein shown and described without a departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having described our invention and set forth its merits, what we claim is- 1. In a machine of the class described, and in combination with web-feeding mechanism, liquid-applying mechanism comprisinga disk having an undercut groove in its periphery; substantially as specified.

2. A liquid-applying device having an undercut groove in its periphery; substantially as specified.

3. A liquid-applying device havinga plain periphery circu mferentially grooved with the base of the groove wider than its top and with sharply-defined edges at the opening of the groove; substantially as specified.

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination with scoring-rollers of a liquidapplying disk having an undercut groove in its periphery; substantially as specified.

5. In a machine of the class described, a paste or glue applying disk havinga flat side and an opposite convex side, in combination with a guide-roller having an adjustable collar arranged adjacent to the flat side of said disk; substantially as specified.

6. In a machine of the class described, a guide-roller, a paste-applying device and a tension device, both arranged to bear upon said roller or upon the material thereon; sub stantially as specified.

7. In a machine of the class described, a guide-roller.and a cooperating paste or glue IIO applying device and a cooperating resilientlysupported friction device; substantially as specified.

8. In a machine of the class described, an

9. In a machine of the class described, scoring devices comprising collars With ribs and coacting disks having grooves in combination with moistening devices comprising grooved members to receive the ribs formed by the scoring devices; substantially as specified.

10. In a machine of the class described, a primary foldingdevicecomprisingaV-shaped frame in combination with a central finger having a front thick edge, an inclined bottom and a rear thin edge; substantially as specified.

11. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a guide-roller, a collar thereon, and a paste or glue applying disk having a flat side adjacent to said collar, and a convex opposite side; substantially as specified.

12. In a machine of the class described, a lap-folding finger tapered lengthwise and having a projection upon'one side, the lower surface of which is concaved; substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

13. The combination with a lap-folding finger having a lateral undergrooved projection, of a clamp, one Wall of which has a rounded upper edge seated in a terminal portion of the groove of said finger; substantially as specified.

14:. The folding-finger I1 tapered as described and having a rounded end and a lateral projection with a graduallycontracted curved path in the under side of said projection; substantially as specified.

15. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a paste or glue applying device, a guide-roll having adjustable collars, adjustable scoring and moistening devices, a V-shaped former having a vertically-adjustable finger, a vertical compressing-guide, a lap-folding finger mounted for vertical adjustment and having a grooved projection, and vertical feeding-rollers; substantially as specified.

16. In a machine of the class described, the

combination of twisting-guide and a guideroller mounted for vertical and transverse adjustment in relation to the guide; substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

CLAYTON F. VVIEST. JACOB L. VVIEST. Witnesses:

NOAH 0. MAY, L. B. WAMPLER. 

